William Wendt Quotes
The warm green of the grass, sprinkled with flowers of many hues, is a carpet whereon we walk with noiseless tread.
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I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
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As an author, I really hate a reader like me. There's no loyalty.
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To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.
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My parents were just really weird and protective about the music I listened to. Whenever I wanted to buy an album, they would have to buy it first and listen to it and let me know if I could have it.
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If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
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Albanians, we tan well! I don't burn; I bake.
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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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Watching yourself on screen is always a little weird, but I didn't cringe when I saw myself on 'The Hour.' It actually exceeded my expectations; every shot looks like a vintage postcard and even my most brutally honest friends have said they think it's good.
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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One of the great joys in life is reading, yet it's the main thing people say they don't have time to do.
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Vertical intergration is an organizational response to the contracting difficulties that attend intermediate product markets where trades that are supported by transaction-specific assets are exposed to hazard.
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As many of you know, I come from San Francisco. We don't have a lot of farms there. Well, we do have one-it's a mushroom farm, so you know what that means.
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Anna accumulated things as a way of insulating herself against her own thoughts.
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Her berth was of the wombe of morning dew, And her conception of the joyous Prime.
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‘Alf Todd,’ said Ukridge, soaring to an impressive burst of imagery, ‘has about as much chance as a one-armed blind man in a dark room trying to shove a pound of melted butter into a wild-cat’s ear with a red-hot needle.’
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My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine.
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I have a lot faith in the younger generation of music lovers. Youth isn't living in the past; if somebody tells them that there's something better than what they have, they're going to check it out. And if they like it, they're going to get it. I'm not worried about the youth. Young people aren't just looking back, they are also looking forward.
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The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi.
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The attempts to command the climate and decide about the temperature on our planet are wrong and arrogant. I wrote a book about it which was published in English under the title 'Blue Planet in Green Shackles.'
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I do not fear grassy tracks. Whether there is grass or not on the wicket, I am not worried.
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No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it gives the impression of also being beautiful.
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The warm green of the grass, sprinkled with flowers of many hues, is a carpet whereon we walk with noiseless tread.
